Mr Sebastian FitzGerald > Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP Offices
22 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4BQ
England
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Mr Sebastian FitzGerald
Work Department
Banking
Position
Partner
Career
Seb FitzGerald has extensive experience advising on complex cross-border financings across a variety of sectors and credit products, with a focus on leveraged financings, restructurings and special situations investing.
Mr. FitzGerald has acted for various leading private equity sponsors and financial investors and institutions in the U.S. and European financing markets, including Cinven, CVC, Advent, BC Partners, Blackstone, Sixth Street, Montagu, KKR, PAI Partners, Eurazeo, Silver Lake, Insight Partners and Goldman Sachs, among others.
Memberships
- Solicitor, England & Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School, 2004
- Post Graduate Diploma In Law, BPP Law School, 2003
- B.A., University of Oxford, 2002
Lawyer Rankings
London > Finance > Acquisition finance
(Leading partners)Sebastian FitzGerald – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
Well versed in structuring deals which use debt products throughout the capital structure, including syndicated TLB, second lien and high yield bonds, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP regularly advises on leveraged/acquisition finance matters for the firm’s institutional array of big-ticket corporates as well as numerous high-profile financial sponsors and family offices. Team head Pete Coulton is a versatile finance lawyer whose work covers big-ticket syndicated mandates for sponsors and investment-grade corporates, while Clive Wells handles financing particularly for life sciences clients. The ability to service the firm’s funds clients was recently enhanced by the arrival of Sebastian FitzGerald from Willkie Farr & Gallagher (UK) LLP in January 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Finance > High yield
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds